42 USC § 14403 - Restriction on use of Federal funds under certain grant programs

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title: "42 USC § 14403 - Restriction on use of Federal funds under certain grant programs"
title_number: 42
title_name: "THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE"
section_number: "14403"
section_name: "Restriction on use of Federal funds under certain grant programs"
chapter_number: 138
chapter_name: "ASSISTED SUICIDE FUNDING RESTRICTION"
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last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(Pub. L. 105–12, § 4, Apr. 30, 1997, 111 Stat. 25; Pub. L. 106–402, title IV, § 401(b)(15)(A), Oct. 30, 2000, 114 Stat. 1740.)"
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# § 14403. Restriction on use of Federal funds under certain grant programs

section 14402(b) of this title42 U.S.C. 15021

Subject to  (relating to construction and treatment of certain services), no funds appropriated by Congress to carry out subtitle B, D, or E of the Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act of 2000 [ et seq., 15061 et seq., 15081 et seq.] may be used to support or fund any program or service which has a purpose of assisting in procuring any item, benefit, or service furnished for the purpose of causing, or the purpose of assisting in causing, the death of any individual, such as by assisted suicide, euthanasia, or mercy killing.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 105–12, § 4, Apr. 30, 1997, 111 Stat. 25; Pub. L. 106–402, title IV, § 401(b)(15)(A), Oct. 30, 2000, 114 Stat. 1740.)

## Editorial Notes

### References in Text

The Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act of 2000, referred to in text, is , , . Subtitles B, D, and E of the Act probably mean subtitles B, D, and E of title I of the Act, which are classified generally to parts B [§ 15021 et seq.], D [§ 15061 et seq.], and E [§ 15081 et seq.], respectively, of subchapter I of chapter 144 of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under  and Tables.

### Amendments

2000—, substituted “Restriction on use of Federal funds under certain grant programs” for “Restriction on use of Federal funds under certain grant programs under the Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act” in section catchline.

, substituted “subtitle B, D, or E of the Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act of 2000” for “part B, D, or E of the Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act”.